Position-direction measuring apparatus and information...

Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – Orientation or position

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C345S002100, C345S158000

Reexamination Certificate

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06892162

ABSTRACT:
In a position-direction measuring apparatus that is in principle incapable of determining a true position among two positions which are point symmetrical with respect to a certain point, the invention intends to reduce the possibility of an error and to enable arbitrary setting of the hemisphere at the start of measurement. The invention provides such apparatus including a unit for setting an initial position among two points, a unit for setting a reference position based on a past measurement result, a unit for determining positions of point symmetrical two points from a measurement value, a unit for determining respective distances from the reference position to the point symmetrical two points, and a unit for selecting a position, among the positions of the point symmetrical two points, corresponding to a shorter one of thus determined distances, as a current measurement result.

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Patent Application Publication: U.S. 2001/0043719, Nov. 22, 2001.

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